The diocese was nominally restored as circa 1890 as Latin
titular bishopric of Obba (Latin = Curiate Italian) / Obben(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, albeit with some intervals, mostly of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank,
with a single archiepiscopal exception, both secular and regular : • François-Xavier Corbet,
Spiritans (C.S.Sp.) (French) (1898.07.05 – death 1914.07.25) as only
Apostolic Vicar of
Northern Madagascar (then French
Madagascar) (1898.07.05 – 1913.05.20), (see) restyled first Vicar Apostolic of
Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1913.05.20 – 1914.07.25) • Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp. (French) (1915.01.13 – death 1919.12.13) as Apostolic Vicar of
Loango (then French
Congo(-Brazzaville)) (1915.01.13 – 1919.12.13) • Domenico Comin,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (Italian) (1920.03.05 – 1963.08.17) as Apostolic Vicar of
Méndez y Gualaquiza (
Ecuador) (1920.03.05 – 1951.04.12), (see) restyled as first Apostolic Vicar of
Méndez (Ecuador) (1951.04.12 – 1963.08.17) • Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo (1963.09.13 – 1965.12.18) first as
Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of
Bangkok (
Thailand) (1963.09.13 – 1965.04.29), then succeeding as last Apostolic Vicar of Bangkok (1965.04.29 – 1965.12.18); later (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of
Bangkok (Thailand) (1965.12.18 – retired 1972.12.18), President of Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1970 – 1973), died 1998 •
Jaime Lachica Sin (1967.02.10 – 1972.01.15) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Jaro (
Philippines) (1967.02.10 – 1972.01.15); later
Titular Archbishop of
Massa Lubrense (1972.01.15 – 1972.10.08) as
Coadjutor Archbishop of Jaro (1972.01.15 – 1972.10.08), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (1972.10.08 – 1974.01.21), transferred Metropolitan Archbishop of
Manila (Philippines) (1974.01.21 – retired 2003.09.15), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) (1976 – 1981), created
Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti (1976.05.24 – death 2005.06.21) • Erwin Hecht,
Missionary Oblates (O.M.I.) (1972.02.03 – 1974.07.01) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Kimberley (
South Africa) (1972.02.03 – 1974.07.01); next succeeded as Bishop of Kimberley (1974.07.01 – retired 2009.12.15), died 2016 :BIOs to ELABORATE •
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo,
Sulpicians (P.S.S.) (later Archbishop) (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26) •
Protacio Gungon (1977.07.08 – 1983.01.24) •
George Patrick Ziemann (1986.12.23 – 1992.07.14) •
José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (1994.03.15 – 2000.07.01) •
Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (later Archbishop) (2001.06.27 – 2008.10.08) • Titular Archbishop
Joseph William Tobin,
Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (2010.08.02 – 2012.10.18) • Rafał Markowski (2013.11.04 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop of the
Archdiocese of Warszawa == See also ==